Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

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Afwillite : Ca₃[HSiO₄]₂ · 2H₂O
	Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Afwillite. Specimen is in the collection of the British Museum of Natural History #1925,463 (1975). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
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Bultfonteinite : Ca₂[F\|HSiO₄] · H₂O
	Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Exceptionally good coating of very fine Bulfontein crystals over matrix. The color and quality of drusy crystals are excellent, as are the symmetry and aesthetics of the overall specimen. THIS IS A VERY RARE specimen from the TYPE LOCALITY! 1.2 x 1.2 x .9 cm
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Diamond : C
	De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa An impressively large, translucent octohedron with a waxy beige-gray color, this diamond makes for a hefty display-quality example! It has interesting reddish inclusions visible from two faces, as well. This piece is from the Ruggiero Collection, acquired in 1978 . It is 10 mm on edge or larger measured across, about 1.1 to 1.3 cm 11.75 carats: ... Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 28th Feb 2006
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Diamond : C
	Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 1 mm octaedron - collection and photo Jacques VALVERDE - jacques.valverde@tele2.fr
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Diamond : C
	Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Diamond (4 mm wide) in host eclogite, New Elands kimberlite, South Africa. Matrix is mostly grossular-rich garnet and altered clinopyroxene. Whether this is a thin macle, or is one face of a deep-set octahedron, is unknown. Specimen overview also uploaded. Photo by T. Peterson, specimen courtesy of Bruce Kjarsgaard, Geological Survey of Canada.
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Diamond : C
	Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 1cm diamond crystal, collected 1908. Specimen from Moravian County Museum, Czech republic.
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Diamond : C
	Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm. This is one of those few rare diamonds that today can be dated and located to the original Kimberley Mine itself, almost certainly dating to the early 1900s and perhaps further. It went to the Smithsonian in a collection prior to WWI, I am told, and then was traded out to dealer Walt Lidstrom in the 1960s. It stayed with his ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 251624 View Count: 46
Olivine : (Mg,Fe²⁺)₂[SiO₄]
	Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa This specimen consists of a complex mass of Peridotite that hosts numerous nodules of Olivine throughout. In addition to the Olivine, there are numerous other species in association as well as numerous curious features that are quite fascinating in person. This specimen is from the famous and historic Kimberly Mine - perhaps the worlds' most ...
© Jasun McAvoy	Photo ID: 257416 View Count: 24
Pyrope : Mg₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃, Diopside (Var: Chromian Diopside) : (Ca,Cr)MgSi₂O₆, Olivine : (Mg,Fe²⁺)₂[SiO₄]
	Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Polished garnet lherzolite from the Kimberley kimberlite mine dumps. FOV=4 cm. The precise pipe this xenolith came from is unknown....but then, it's from the mantle, anyway! Photo by T. Peterson, specimen courtesy of Bruce Kjarsgaard, Geological Survey of Canada. Wider-view photo also uploaded.
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